"The government has posited substantial evidence of Mr. Braun's involvement in this conspiracy, which involves huge amounts of marijuana and huge amounts of money," said Brooklyn Magistrate Viktor Pohorelsky.

Braun is accused of smuggling more than 100,000 kilos of marijuana into the U.S. through Indian reservations along the Canadian border.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested him last week in Staten Island, where he lives with his Orthodox Jewish parents, a sister and a 90-year-old grandparent.

Before Thursday's bail hearing, defense lawyer Ross Kramer handed a black yarmulke for Braun to a deputy U.S. marshal, who checked it for contraband.

Defense lawyer Gerald Shargel said nine family members were willing to sign a $1 million bond and attacked the prosecutors' contention that Braun is a flight risk.